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Mount Petrie

  • 2880 m (9,450ft)
  • First Ascent
  • Naming History
54.1444N -120.549W
Located on the Continental Divide south of the head of the Narraway River

Province: BC
Headwater: Smoky/Fraser
Ascent Date: 1967
Ascent Party: G. Wallerstein; M. Wallerstein; D. Morton; L. Spitzer; T. Grefall; C. O'Dell
Year Named: 1968
Named by: Wallerstein
Named for: Petrie, Robert Methven (A prominent astoronomer, Robert Petrie served as president of the Royal Astronomical Society of Canada and was active with international astronomical organizations as well.)